BIRCH-PFEIFFER, CHARLOTTE Ger man actress and dramatic writer, was born at Stuttgart. She was trained at the Munich court theatre, and in 1818 began to play leading tragic roles at various theatres. In 1825 she married the historian Christian Birch of Copenhagen, but continued to act. From 1837 to 1843 she managed the theatre at Zurich. In 1844 she accepted an engagement at the royal theatre in Berlin, to which she remained attached until her death. She dramatized many popular novels, and her plays, adapted and original, make 23 volumes, Gesammelte dramatisctie Werke (1863-8o). Her novels and tales, Gesammelte Novellen and Erzahlungen, were collected in three volumes (1863-65).